Equatorial GPS ionospheric scintillations over Kototabang, Indonesia and their relation to atmospheric waves from below

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-410

  Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a,d   Miyoshi, Yasunobu ^b   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^c   Shiokawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric wave; Equatorial ionosphere; GPS scintillation; Plasma bubble; Tropospheric distur bance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 68949126995     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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